Students may enter the classroom at 7:55.  Your child is considered tardy if he or she arrives in the classroom after 8:10.  If your child will arrive after 8:10, you will need to sign him/her in at the office.

Breakfast is free for all children.  Lunch is $1.30.  If you are planning on eating lunch with your child, please be aware that no outside food from restaurants will be allowed.

2:45 on regular school days, 12:00 on early release days.

ALWAYS send me a note with any change of transportation.  If your child is normally a bus rider and will be a car rider, simply say he or she will be a car rider.  Be sure the person who is picking up your child has a JCPS car tag displayed clearly.  If you do not have a car tag, you can get one inside the office, but please do this prior to the day you need it.  For bus changes, please give the address where your child will get off the bus.  Always include a phone number where you can be reached should someone need to contact you.  Also, please include the date or dates the transportation change will be in effect.  

PBIS is our countywide behavior system.  It stands for Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports and is a proactive approach to establishing the behavioral supports and social culture all students need in order to achieve social, emotional and academic success.  Through this system, students are encouraged to display positive behavior by being rewarded for making good decisions throughout the school day.  Students may earn Canes Cash when they are displaying positive behavior.  Canes Cash can then be used to purchase items in the Canes Store.  

No, we do not take naps in kindergarten.  Our schedules are very busy and do not allow for naptime. 

Yes, your child will have homework.  Each week, your child is responsible for completing 2 pages of homework.  One page will be sent home on Monday and will be due back on Tuesday.  Another page will be sent home on Wednesday and will be due back on Thursday.  Your child is also responsible for reviewing sight words nightly.  Please help and encourage your child to practice sight words every night. 

At the beginning of the school year, you will need to pay a $30 supply fee.  This covers all the classroom supplies your child will need such as pencils, erasers, glue and crayons.  Your child will also get a class shirt to wear for field trips.  From time to time, I may send home a note about some other classroom need such as Clorox wipes and facial tissue.  We go through a lot of these and they are always a welcomed donation.

Ice cream is for sale everyday for $1.00.  However, the supply fee of $30.00 must be paid in order for your child to purchase ice cream.

Children must meet 90% of GKIDS reading standards and 90% of GKIDS math standards.  Children must also know 100 Fry sight words and fluently know 25 addition and subtraction math facts between 0 and 5.  They must also score (at a minimum) in the 20th percentile on the MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) reading and math tests. 

Kindergarteners are required to know 100 sight words by the end of kindergarten.